Archive for 2010
Seized criminal assets fund Aberbargoed project
Funding seized from criminal assets has been used to install railings in Aberbargoed to stop off-road bikers. Officers from the Bargoed Neighbourhood Policing Team secured £1,000 from the Community Cashback scheme. The railings have been installed on a ten-metre stretch of land on the edge of the Aberbargoed tip. … Continue Reading |
Wizard of Oz at Blackwood Miners’ Institute
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber may still be looking for his Dorothy in BBC TV’s Over the Rainbow but one local theatre group has no such problem. The musical maestro is looking for a leading lady to play Dorothy in his next production of the Wizard of Oz but Blackwood Musical… Continue Reading |
British Transport Police urge youngsters to stay safe this Easter
Stay safe this Easter – that’s the message from the British Transport Police to children and youngsters in South Wales. The BTP has said that Easter is traditionally a time when incidents such as stone-throwing, putting obstructions in front of trains, trespassing and line-side vandalism increase on the railway. PC… Continue Reading |
ABBA, not Aber, in April Fools’ Day prank
 | A campaign group has reportedly been changing road signs of towns and villages beginning with Aber to read ABBA. A video posted on YouTube shows members of the group replacing the Abertridwr sign with ABBAtridwr. The group has been carrying out the April Fools’ Day prank to promote the upcoming… Continue Reading |
Lindsay Whittle hits campaign trail with former Plaid leader
 | Former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley paid a whistle-stop visit to Caerphilly yesterday to support local general election candidate Lindsay Whittle. Dafydd Wigley, who served both in Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, joined Councillor Whittle on the campaign trail to talk to voters in the town. Cllr Whittle said: “It… Continue Reading |
Nut-free bakery opens in Oakdale
 | A businessman whose two daughters suffer with severe nut allergies has opened a specialist nut-free bakery in Oakdale. Fed up with not being able to buy his two children birthday cakes with a guarantee of no nuts, former Avana Bakeries and Memory Lane Cakes managing director Mike Woods decided to set up The Just Love Food Company. Mr Woods said: “Since my children were diagnosed with severe nut allergies in 2001, I have struggled to find suitable food products on the market dedicated to nut allergy sufferers. |
Honeybee apiary planned for Trethomas
 | The Honeybee population in Caerphilly County Borough could be boosted after plans for a new apiary were unveiled. Caerphilly County Borough Council is to lease land near Trethomas to the Cardiff, Vale and Valleys Beekeeping Association for a new apiary The proposed nursery apiary will allow enthusiasts to learn all… Continue Reading |
Blackwood students’ success in national beauty therapist contest
 | Two Blackwood students have scooped top prizes at a national hairdressing competition. Coleg Gwent students Angie Reynolds, 17, and 18-year-old Becki Jenkins had success at the national finals of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) competition in Blackpool. Angie Reynolds took first place in the nail art category of… Continue Reading |
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